“Lombardy is on the point of collapse.”
In Rome, oil major ENI has paid for the multi-million euro conversion of the small, private Columbus hospital into a centre for treating coronavirus patients, with the first sufferers being stretchered into the unit on Monday.
Looking to map the spread of the illness, the head of the northern Veneto region announced that he would ramp up the number of tests done daily to some 11,300 from 3,000 at present. The government last week ordered the blanket, nationwide closure of restaurants, bars and almost all shops except for food stores and chemists, telling Italians to stay home except for emergencies.
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